N'western co-captain talks union
Source: ESPN
In order to unionize, 39 of the 76 players who voted on Friday in the presence of National Labor Relations Board representatives would have had to say yes to a union. The result of the vote is impounded and won't be known for a while.
In the past couple of days, plenty of attention was focused on the school's efforts to dissuade players from taking the union side, but Vitabile said he never felt any sort of pressure.
"No coach or anyone from the school ever threatened us," said Vitabile, who has started in 38 straight games. "And that whole idea that someone who voted pro-union wouldn't play or would get penalized in any way was total nonsense."
Read more: http://espn.go.com/college-football/story/_/id/10844309/northwestern-co-captain-says-union-not-necessary-our-team
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